PT-2019-16622 · Libsixel+1 · Libsixel+1

Cool-Tomato · Published 2019-01-02 · Updated 2024-12-20 · CVE-2019-3574

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libsixel version 1.8.2

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer over-read in the load jpeg() function, located in the loader.c file. This can be demonstrated by using img2sixel.

Recommendations For libsixel version 1.8.2, consider avoiding the use of the load jpeg() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of img2sixel to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-2902

ALT-PU-2024-17256

CVE-2019-3574

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libsixel

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/83 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/libsixel · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3574 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3574 · Security Note